Catalogue Des Tableaux Precieux Des Plus Grands Maitres Des Ecoles Flamande Hollandoise Qui

by Louis Cesar De La Baume Le Blanc Auction Catalogue La Valliere Duc De

$7,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

48 pp. 8vo 180 x 130 mm. , late 19th-cent. brown morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Paris: Delaville & Paillet, 1781. The auction catalogue of 114 paintings belonging to the Duc de la Vallière 1708-80 , the greatest bibliophile of the 18th century. This copy is fully priced, with many buyers’ names added in a contemporary hand. In addition to his fervent book collecting, La Vallière amassed an impressive collection of Italian and Northern

• Binding: Leather

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